Dr. Kristen Gillespie-Lynch is an assistant professor of Psychology at CUNY.

Roberta M. Golinkoff, Ph.D., is a Professor of Education at the School of Education at the University of Delaware.

Maya Götz, Ph.D., is the Head of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) in Munich, Germany, and Head of the PRIX JEUNESSE Foundation.

Lisa Guernsey is deputy director of the Education Policy program and director of the Learning Technologies project at New America.

Rebecca Hains, Ph.D., is a Professor of Media Studies and Advertising in the Communications Department at Salem State University.

Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D., is the Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

George Huang, Ph.D., is a Professor of Screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and an award-winning writer/director.

Nancy Jennings, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Cincinnati.

Vikki Katz, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Communication at Rutgers University.

Maryam Kia-Keating, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Licensed Psychologist.

Heather Kirkorian, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

David Kleeman is the SVP of Global Trends for Dubit; Chair, International Advisory Board, PRIX JEUNESSE International.

Dr. Tamar Kremer-Sadlik is the director of Academic Programs for the Social Sciences and Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA.

Dafna Lemish, Ph.D., is a Professor and Associate Dean for Programs for the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey.

Richard Lerner, Ph.D., is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University.

Lili Ma, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Ryerson University.

Adriana Manago, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in Psychology at UCSC.

Marie-Louise Mares, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Nicole Martins, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Media School at Indiana University.

Pediatrician Cara Natterson is an educator, speaker, founder of Worry Proof Consulting, and New York Times best-selling author of the country’s most widely-read books about puberty and growing up.

Candice L. Odgers, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, at Irvine.

Dr. Lynn Oldershaw is a developmental psychologist who has worked for the past 18 years in children’s media, including as an Executive in Charge of Production for Preschool Programming at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

Eric E. Rasmussen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University.

Michael Robb, Ph.D., is the senior director of research for the national non-profit Common Sense Media.

Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Amsterdam School of Communication Research at the University of Amsterdam.

Tyler Samstag, M.A., is the Director of Instructional Innovation at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

Nava Silton, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Marymount Manhattan College.

James Stigler, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at UCLA. He founded Lesson Lab (later bought by Pearson Education) whose mission was to improve classroom teaching.

Gabrielle Strouse, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Counseling and Psychology in Education at the University of South Dakota.

Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Ph.D., is the Chair of Child & Family Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

Georgene Troseth, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Psychology and Human Development and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.

Sarah Vaala, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication at the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication, High Point University.